American Poodles At Work

On Sunday October 19 from 10AM – 5PM American Poodles At Work (APAW) is hosting its first Open House jointly with Wow Take A Bow Boarding & Grooming at their 1299 Bemis Road kennel in Warren, MA. This is a free public event to demonstrate our service dog program and give tours of the facility. In addition to a number of activities during the day, we also have service dog puppies who would love to be pet and played with. Owners and their well-behaved, leashed dogs are welcome. No reservations are required.

APAW Program Director Jillian Gartner and demo Service Dog Charlie were featured guests on the ‘Dogs 101′ show for Animal Planet which aired this evening. Charlie demonstrated how a Service Dog can be trained to turn off light switches, pick up dropped keys and credit cards, retrieve items from a countertop and pull open drawers for their human partner. Jillian explained proper Poodle care techniques and demonstrated how she has taught Charlie to ‘read’ commands from cue cards, as evidence of how trainable a Poodle can be. This portion of the episode was filmed at our Warren, MA facility and featured many Poodle friends and their owners.